Adam called today. It sort of startled me when I looked at the caller ID and it said McConnell AFB. When he routs his calls through the base here it doesn't cost him anything. It was really great to hear from him. He said he wanted to call on Thanksgiving day but the lines were way too long. He is finally in a pod so now I can send him packages and after Dec 1 he will most likely have internet service in his pod so we may hear from him a little more often but it sounds like he is working quite a bit. He is working 6 days on and 1 day off. 12 hours on and 12 hours off but it is more like 14 on and 10 off. He is also working the night shift. So basically it sounds like he works, eats and sleeps. His thanksgiving meal was Steak and Lobster. I told him we should have joined him for dinner...lol. As far as the weather, he said during the day wasn't bad but very cold at night. We didn't get to talk for long and of course being military there was alot he couldn't tell me but it was soooooo great getting to hear his voice.